This issue brief aims to assist CCDF Administrators and their partners in their work to support license-exempt family child care (FCC) homes. In addressing the unique needs of exempt FCC homes, States and Territories can better support the children in their care and their families. This brief is...
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This presentation provides an overview of information about contracts through the child care subsidy program funded by CCDF. The objectives for this presentation are for participants to:
- Understand the fundamentals of subsidy contracts;
- Learn about the purposes of...
Resource Type: Webinar
This issue brief focuses on how to support families in choosing quality care and understanding a QRIS. Innovative state examples describe various ways to inform parents about what to look for when searching for child care, including guidebooks, checklists, videos, and public awareness campaigns...
Resource Type: Brief
Topic/Subtopic Family Engagement and Consumer Education
Current collaboration efforts are driven increasingly by the need to provide coordinated services to children and families through responsive Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) policies, professional development, and quality improvement efforts that facilitate collaboration and allow...
Resource Type: Tool
This guide can help partnerships avoid common pitfalls while using results-based decisionmaking to its fullest advantage. It has the potential to make the partnership not only more knowledgeable about where it is headed, but more likely to get there.
Resource Type: Tool
Early childhood professionals (such as child care providers, teachers, consultants) receive federal and state funding to provide a variety of services to children in low-income working families. Federal and state funding for early childhood services are available through a complex maze of...
Resource Type: Information Product
Topic/Subtopic Leadership and Coordination, CCDF Governance and Leadership, System Financing
Federal, State, and Territory governments have engaged in numerous efforts to create a more cohesive early care and education system for children and families. This has resulted in States and Territories creating different governance structures to meet the unique needs of their populations. This...
Resource Type: Information Product
Topic/Subtopic Leadership and Coordination, CCDF Governance and Leadership
A primary goal of the Office of Child Care is to help early childhood programs support children's healthy growth and development. This goal becomes especially important in the event of a major disaster or emergency, as children are among our most vulnerable populations. Child care can be a...
Resource Type: General Information
Topic/Subtopic Leadership and Coordination, Emergency Preparedness
The Guide to Effective Consultation is a collaborative effort of ACF Region I Workgroups composed of representatives from all six New England States, national technical assistance providers and staff from the Region I Office of Child Care and Office of Head Start. This guide defines the core...
Resource Type: Technical Assistance Manual
The attached resources were presented as part of the "Increasing Access and Building Supply" sessions at the 2015 State and Territory Administrator's Meeting:
- The Mechanics of Contracting for Child Care
- Illinois' Contracted Child Care at Department of Children & Family...
Resource Type: National Meeting Resources Presentations
Topic/Subtopic Equal Access to Child Care
